Abraham Pineo Gesner

Abraham Pineo Gesner, ONB was a Nova Scotian and New Brunswickan physician and geologist who invented kerosene. Gesner was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia and lived much of his life in Saint John, New Brunswick. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was an influential figure in the development of the study of Canadian geology and natural history.

2 May 1797

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Born in the same month (May 1797): Frederick Augustus II of Saxony • Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann • Joseph Brackett • José Mariano Salas • Louise-Adéone Drölling